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Drawing on a variety of fieldworks conducted with migrants who attempted to cross into Europe illegally, this paper examines the making of discourses on death and on violence at the borders and by the borders. The first section identifies different registers of discourses on death, which refer to physical death in the literal sense and social death in the figurative sense. The discourses that touch on death or the threat of death in these journeys to Europe are however characterized by significant nuances, depending on whether they aim at legitimating, justifying or even rationalizing emigration, at conveying extreme experiences of dealing with natural barriers, or at describing the forms of institutional violence experienced during the journey. The second section looks at how the experience of the opaque management of migrations – particularly in detention centres – fuels certain rumours, which may be seen partly as a means to resist uncertainty. These narrativizations tell us about the ways in which institutional order (or dis-order) is perceived and experienced, which condition relationships to State agents. Studying narratives may then yield insights into how borders are also shaped in and through discourse.

Taking as a starting point a comparative juxtaposition of border situations observed in different field sites during my ethnographic research, this article offers a theoretical and epistemological reflection on how the border is conceptualized and constructed as an object in the study of international migration. It describes how, during my work focused on capturing the effects of the border and the border as an effect, the attention paid to the temporalities and spatialities of borders led me to develop the idea of a continuum and an interconnection between external borders (understood here as territorial borders) and internal borders (understood here as borders of institutional categories) over the course of migration experiences. This interpretive framework aims to respond to a dual challenge: addressing the border as a multifaceted process and experience, without "drowning" it in analysis and ending up with an object that is simultaneously a signifier and signified everywhere and therefore nowhere.

How is it possible to intervene professionally in the legal space without being a legal professional? Based on ethnographic fieldwork focusing on court interpreters, this article examines the relationship between interpreters and lawyers in the context of hearings at the French National Court of Asylum. In order to grasp the relationship between interpreters and lawyers, it is necessary to contextualise the role of orality and interpreting in the asylum adjudication process and defence arguments, while also considering the interpreters' working conditions. On the one hand, the article focuses on the dynamics, related to both organisational factors and socio-professional trajectories, that may foster closeness between interpreters and lawyers. On the other hand, the article analyses the tensions that mark these relationships during hearings, in a highly codified and institutionalised context. The article contributes to highlighting the issues of legitimacy and division of labour that run through migration intermediation spaces within the asylum ecosystem.

L'interprétariat dans la prise en charge des migrants en santé mentale est inséré dans de nombreux enjeux politiques qui interpellent les pratiques des professionnels à l'égard d'une patientèle dont souffrances psychiques et conditions de l'exil sont souvent entremêlées. Les consultations mettent également à l'épreuve les interprètes qui doivent se situer dans une relation de soin complexe, alors même qu'ils peuvent se retrouver face à des exigences contradictoires entre les attentes des professionnels de santé mentale et les prescriptions des associations qui les emploient. À travers le prisme de l'interprétariat, l'article interroge les divisions sociale, morale et spatiale du travail dans la prise en charge des migrants en santé mentale. Il s'appuie sur deux terrains d'enquête à Rennes et à Strasbourg, deux capitales régionales marquées par une évolution des flux migratoires, et comptant des initiatives importantes en matière de promotion de l'interprétariat professionnel.

The story: "Before China's liberation in 1949 when the peasantry was ground down by the landlord class, there were countless incidents in which the peasants rose in heroic resistance. The story told here is about one such incident. Young Pao and other land workers oppressed by the landlord Skinflint are stirred by their hatred to struggle against him. Educated and organized by an underground Communist, they unite in struggle and finally defeat the cruel landlords plot against them. They then join the guerillas and take up arms to fight all such class oppression."-

This study aims to measure the effect of Governmental Accounting Standards and Human Resources Competence on the Quality of Financial Statements. The population in this study were all employees of the Ministry of Religion of Tasikmalaya Regency. The sample in this study used a total sampling technique. The method used in this research is descriptive analysis method with a case study approach which tries to examine the causal relationship or the cause and effect of the variables in the case. These results indicate that partially the application of government accounting standards and human resource competence has a positive effect on the quality of financial reports. The results of the research simultaneously show that the application of government accounting standards and competence of resources has a positive effect on the quality of financial reports. Keywords: Competence, Implementation of Government Accounting Standards, Quality of Financial Statements

This study aims to measure the effect of Governmental Accounting Standards and Human Resources Competence on the Quality of Financial Statements. The population in this study were all employees of the Ministry of Religion of Tasikmalaya Regency. The sample in this study used a total sampling technique. The method used in this research is descriptive analysis method with a case study approach which tries to examine the causal relationship or the cause and effect of the variables in the case. These results indicate that partially the application of government accounting standards and human resource competence has a positive effect on the quality of financial reports. The results of the research simultaneously show that the application of government accounting standards and competence of resources has a positive effect on the quality of financial reports. Keywords: Competence, Implementation of Government Accounting Standards, Quality of Financial Statements

In recent years, the increasing regulation of people's health and bodies has been exacerbated by a contemporary 'obesity discourse' centred on eating less, exercising more and losing weight. This paper contributes to the growing body of work critically examining this discourse and highlights the way physical activity and health policy directed at 'tackling' the obesity 'crisis' in the UK articulates numerous powerful discourses that operate to legitimise and privilege certain ways of knowing and usher forth certain desirable forms of embodiment. This has given greater impetus to further define the role of physical activity, sport and physical education as instruments for addressing public health agendas. It is argued that these policies have particular implications for social class through their constitution of (un)healthy and (in)active 'working class' bodies. One of the most powerful forms of stigmatisation and discrimination circulating within contemporary health emerges when the social and cultural tensions of social class intersect with obesity discourse and its accompanying imperatives related to physical activity and diet. This raises some important questions about the future of sport and physical activity as it is shaped by the politics of broader health agendas and our position within this terrain as 'critics'. Consequently, the latter part of the paper offers reflections on the nature and utility of our (and others') social science critique in the politics of obesity and articulates the need for crossing disciplinary and sectoral borders.

Our aim in this article is to throw light on the complexity of the presence of the researcher's body in the context of conducting research on and within biopolitical governance. To do so, we present author body-narratives derived from two separatestudies, both of which explore biopolitics and draw on an embodied methodology. These narratives point toward the corporeal contradictions of being located within a culture of reading and critiquing bodies while realizing the presence of our own physicality. We argue that methodological reflection on the connections between bodies within the research field ought to rest high among the list of things shaping the future of work related to biopolitics or we risk the effacement of the body. We articulate this in two key ways. First, we examine the emplacement of the fleshy bodies of researchers and the individuals we encounter. We offer reflections on the complexities of the emplacement of our researcher bodies in time, space, and place, and advance a politics of reflexivity that sheds light on how we experience, make claims, and speak about embodiment and physical culture. Second, as scholars who seek to disrupt biopolitical forces and attempt to transcend political and disciplinary boundaries, we consider the presence of the body in a process of border crossing. Rather than simply considering border crossing as an exchange of ideas, knowledge, and practices; we explore the ways in which the presence of our sometimes "normative" bodies can seemingly complicate and contradict our political agenda.

Pt.1: The meanings of political reform. Wasi, P.: An overview of political reform issues. Boonmi, T.: Good governance. A stragegy to restore Thailand. Connors, M.: Framing the "people's constitution". Suwannathat-Pian, K.: The monarchy and constituional change since 1972. Streckfuss, David ; Templeton, Mark: Human rights and political reform in Thailand. Schmidt, Johannes Dragsbaek: Democratization and social welfare in Thailand. Pt.2: The popular sector. Ockey, James: Civil society and street politics. Lessons from the 1950s. Phatharathananunth, Somchai: Civil society and democratization in Thailand. A critique of elite democracy. Hewison, Kevin: Responding to econmic crisis. Thailand's localism. Doneys, Philippe: Political reform through the public sphere. Women's groups and the fabric of governance. Thabchumpon, Naruemon: NGOs and grassroots participation in the political reform process. Pt.3: Electoral reform. Chantornvong, Sombat: The 1997 constitution and the politics of electoral reform. Arghiros, Daniel: Political reform and civil society at the local level. Thailand's local government reforms. McCargo, Duncan: Thailand's January 2001 general elections. Vindicating reform? Girling, John: Economics, politics and civil society. (Conclusion)